The Green Bay Packers are 6-3 coming out of their bye week. With a matchup against the Chicago Bears coming up, Xavier McKinney had some words for Chicago Bears star D.J. Moore.
Before the season started, Moore appeared on Up & Adams Show with Kay Adams and seemingly shrugged off the Packers signing of McKinney in the offseason. McKinney brought up the interaction and more in the locker room on Wednesday, according to The Athletic's Matt Schneidman.
"Obviously, you've got the rivalry itself, but there's a clip somewhere out there where D.J. Moore said something about … they were asking him about the Packers getting me and he was like, 'Who?' All that stuff, that's in my memory bank and I work accordingly to that," said McKinney. "You know how people get before the season. They don't really know what's going to happen during the season and you just start talking too much and you don't really know what you're talking about. You're just talking."
McKinney did not stop there. A couple of weeks ago a clip of Moore walking off of the field in the middle of a play went viral. This made McKinney question Moore's leadership and willingness to stick by rookie quarterback Caleb Williams.
"This dude walked out on (his quarterback). I’ve been playing (NFL) football for five years now and I’ve been watching football for longer than that and I don’t think I’ve ever seen (that)," said McKinney. "You’re supposed to be the guy and you’re just walking off the field. You’re walking off the field on a rookie quarterback that you’ve been praising, so it’s like, that’s a whole other story."
Moore noted later in the week that he injured his ankle on the play. However, McKinney does not buy his excuse.
"Cap," said McKinney. "That’s what I say. Cap."
